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Cesario Hotora Comparativo

National Museum of American History

Object Details

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GUID
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Filipino Agricultural Workers Collection
Sponsor
Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the FY23 Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool.
Biographical
Cesario H. Comparativo was born on February 25, 1906, in Tubigon, Bohol, Philippines. Little information exists about Comparativo's early life except that his education was completed at the eighth-grade level. At the age of twenty-two, Comparativo traveled from Manila aboard the President Cleveland, reaching Honolulu, Hawai'i on December 22, 1924. Like many Filipino immigrants, he sought employment in Hawaii's sugar plantations. Comparativo departed Honolulu on the S.S. President Taft on August 20, 1925, and arrived in San Francisco, California shortly thereafter. Settling in northern California, Comparativo likely found employment in the San Joaquin Delta region. According to the 1930 United States census, he was a farm laborer and resided with fellow Filipino men on Georgina Slough Road in Sacramento, California. By 1940, Comparativo had relocated to San Joaquin and was employed as a field laborer working seventy hours per week with a salary of $800.00 per year. He registered for the World War II draft on October 16, 1940, and served in the United States Navy until his honorable discharge on November 1, 1945. In the post-military years, Comparativo married Erma E. Knight on June 6, 1955, as documented in the California Marriage Index. By 1958 a California city directory documented that the couple was no longer living together. City directories for 1970, 1972, and 1974 document a second marriage to a woman Angelina Tan. Cesario H. Comparativo passed away on October 4, 1990, at the age of eighty-four. Sources: Ancestry.com. United States, City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Incorporated, 2011. Original Data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information. Ancestry.com. United States, Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Lehi, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Incorporated, 2010. Original Data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings. Year: 1930; Census Place: Georgiana, Sacramento, California; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 2339920 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, DC; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving At Honolulu, Hawai'i, Compiled 02/13/1900-12/30/1953; NAI Number: A3422; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: RG 85 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, DC; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving At Honolulu, Hawai'i, Compiled 02/13/1900-12/30/1953; NAI Number: A4156; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: RG 85 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, DC; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Departing From Honolulu, Hawai'i, Compiled 06/1900-11/1954; NAI Number: A3510; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: RG 85 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, DC; Index to Filipino Passengers Arriving at Honolulu, Hawai'i, circa 1900-circa 1952; Microfilm Series: A3407; Microfilm Roll: 6
Date
1925-1945, undated
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.1515, Series 6
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Filipino Agricultural Workers Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Scope and Contents
Includes material relating to the life of Comparativo in Stockton, California from 1925-1947. Materials include a 1940 payroll check which documents Comparativo's work history and earnings. Membership materials, including some photographs, from the Legionarios del Trabajo and the American Federation of Labor are also found among these materials. There is also a war department publication about civilian life after military service and a book about health. In addition, there is information relating to the care and maintenance of an automobile. These materials provide insight into wage earnings, social activities, and the transitions between civilian and military life. Materials are arranged in chronological order.
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
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Record ID
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